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USS Besugo SS-321
The USS Besugo (SS-321), with a crew of 70 enlisted men and 10 officers, was a Balao-class submarine named for the besugo, a fish found in tropical waters. The Besugo received three battle stars for her service in World War II, and one battle star for her service in the Korean War.
Five World War II Patrols
The Besugo was built by the General Dynamics/Electric Boat Co. and launched in 1944 at Groton, Conn. She completed five WWII patrols and sank a German submarine, a Japanese tanker, a frigate and a minesweeper between September 1944 and July 1945.
In 1945, the Besugo was overhauled at San Diego and operated out of Guam. Over the years, she also spent time at combat or being repaired at:
the Celebes Sea
Fremantle and Sydney, Australia
Java Sea
Subic Bay
the Yellow Sea
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Okinawa
Overhaul at Mare Island after the War
Another overhaul was performed on the Belugo at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Calif. in 1946.
In 1954, the USS Besugo moved her base of operations to San Diego. The sub was mothballed in 1958; in 1965 she was decommissioned and reclassified an Auxiliary Research Submarine. A year later, the Besugo became a Fleet Snorkel Submarine for a short time, and was then loaned to the Italian Navy. The Besugo was eventually was sold for scrap.
The USS Besugo and Asbestos
Like nearly all the other Navy and commercial vessels built in the decades before the 1970s, the USS Besugo has asbestos-containing components. This is the apparent cause of the high rate of asbestos-related diseases among shipyard workers and Navy veterans.
The men who served aboard the USS Besugo and the men (and perhaps women) who built her may well have been exposed to a dangerous level of asbestos, a mineral that was eventually proved to be carcinogenic to humans.
If you or your family member worked on or aboard the USS Besugo, bring your concerns about asbestos to a knowledgeable law firm in your area. You may be eligible for a legal remedy.
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